What causes this formating issue?

[HeyAll]

Hi,

When you're submitting a story, it's supposed to look like this in the submission box (where you post, then preview it):

Sentence

Sentence

Sentence



But for the last few stories I've submitted, it's come out like this:

Sentence


Sentence


Sentence



Obviously the difference is the space between the lines, and I have to manually fix every since paragraph. I don't think I've changed anything in terms of my own formatting, as I use the default alignment.

I use the same process of writing on Google Docs, then copy/pasting it. Does anyone know the proper page formatting (alignment) which avoids this?

thanks

heyall

 

[sr71plt]

One of mine that posted yesterday looks like the usual spacing (one extra return between paragraphs--you do mean spacing between paragraphs, not between every sentence, I hope/presume). I have one that should post tomorrow. I'll look at the spacing of that. Maybe it's something affected by he new system coming in. at another story site, I don't put any extra spacing between paragraphs, and the site's system automatically does that.

 

[HeyAll]

I made a small edit in the main post. I meant the place where you copy/paste the story onto. Recently there are spaces in between each paragraph, and I have to fix all that manually.

I'm wondering if my alignment is off for Google Docs or something, which I don't think I've changed.

 

[sr71plt]

I made a small edit in the main post. I meant the place where you copy/paste the story onto. Recently there are spaces in between each paragraph, and I have to fix all that manually.

I'm wondering if my alignment is off for Google Docs or something, which I don't think I've changed.

I've always had spaces between the paragraphs--both in the submissions box and in the final view--and that's how it's supposed to be--so I guess you've lost me here.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

The only time that happens to mine are when I use <center>* * * *</center> the process places an extra line feed somewhere. It's not in the submission textbox, but is in the preview.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Word wrap format using NotePad gets me if I don't remember.

 

[legerdemer]

Scrivener's formatting doesn't play well with the text box. I often have to futz extra to transition from there to here.

Entering text into Gmail seems to erase a whole bunch of sins. So to speak. Lately I've been using a text editor called Text Wrangler (has a free version). That seems to erase ALL sins. Pretty much.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Scrivener's formatting doesn't play well with the text box. I often have to futz extra to transition from there to here.

Entering text into Gmail seems to erase a whole bunch of sins. So to speak. Lately I've been using a text editor called Text Wrangler (has a free version). That seems to erase ALL sins. Pretty much.

I use word and just copy and paste into the text box without a problem, except where noted earlier.

Of course you have to set it up properly. The same for Open Office.

The set up for both is the same...

Word....

Open Office...

 

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

I usually write in Google docs and when stuff gets posted herethe formatting is all messed up. Just like the OP said, too big of space between sentences.

 

[Darkniciad]

Wordperfect has the opposite problem. Everywhere there's a page change within WP, you lose any carriage returns there when you paste.

More or less, if you're not using Word, Lit's text processor performance is going to be less than perfect.

 

[NotWise]

More or less, if you're not using Word, Lit's text processor performance is going to be less than perfect.[/QUOTE]

I'm using LibreOffice and it's performance has been perfect.

 

[CarlusMagnus]

More or less, if you're not using Word, Lit's text processor performance is going to be less than perfect.

I'm using LibreOffice and it's performance has been perfect.[/QUOTE]

Wordperfect has the opposite problem. Everywhere there's a page change within WP, you lose any carriage returns there when you paste.

More or less, if you're not using Word, Lit's text processor performance is going to be less than perfect.

Text Wrangler should work nicely, as has already been observed. It's a free text editor for the Mac.

I say this because I write in BBEdit, the paid upgrade of TW, and it works nicely. It just has some more bells and whistles.

 

[jezzaz]

I can tell you why that happens in word, but not in google docs... sorry.

Formatting is such a nightmare anyway.

 

[Hypoxia]

I used to work at formatting, but not longer, because about half of current LIT readers use the Android app -- which ignores HTML tags and our line spacing preferences. The app removes some linefeeds and carriage returns. Do not depend on formatting to highlight critical passages. Just write your story in vanilla text. It was good enough for Homer.